Electronic Waste Warning
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Businesses tend to generate more electronic waste than households. Because of the volume of waste that businesses produce, there are some charges associated with the disposal of business related electronics.
The following fees apply at the South Coast Recycling & Transfer Station and the Santa Ynez Valley Recycling & Transfer Station for Fiscal Year 2024-25 (July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025):
Material |
Weight |
Fee |
Cathode Ray Tubes (CRTs) (e.g. computer monitors, televisions, and laptop computers) |
No limit
|
No charge
|
Other Electronics | 100 pounds or less |
$27 per load
|
over 100 pounds | $497 per ton | |
Fluorescent Lighting Tubes | $2.00 per 4 ft. tube |
What about other locations?
Please call the other locations if you have questions about their disposal costs for businesses.
Where to go
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All of Santa Barbara County (4)
- Craigslist —
- E-Bay —
- Junk Recyclers — 6520 Platt Avenue #650
- Santa Barbara Computer Recycling — 5378 Dariesa Street
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Santa Barbara Area (3)
- *South Coast Recycling and Transfer Station — 4430 Calle Real
- Goodwill Industries of Santa Barbara (Drop-Off Location Only) — 335 S. Milpas Street
- MarBorg Industries — 119 North Quarantina Street
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Goleta & UCSB Area (1)
- *South Coast Recycling & Transfer Station — 4430 Calle Real
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Santa Ynez Valley (2)
- *Santa Ynez Valley Recycling and Transfer Station — 4004 Foxen Canyon Road
- MarBorg Industries Recycling/ABOP Center – Buellton — 97 Commerce Drive
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Lompoc Valley & VAFB (6)
- AL&S, Incorporated — 101 South H Street
- City of Lompoc Household Hazardous Waste Collection Facility — 1585 N. "V" St
- City of Lompoc Landfill (Scalehouse) — Avalon Rd (south end)
- LampRecycling.com — 2200 Oden Avenue, #100
- Vandenberg Air Force Base Balfour Beatty Communities Self-Help Store — 603 Juniper Street
- Vandenberg Air Force Base Defense Logistics Agency Disposition Services — Building 11590, 1205 Utah Avenue
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Santa Maria Valley (4)
- City of Santa Maria Household Hazardous Waste Facility — 2065 East Main Street
- City of Santa Maria Landfill, aka City of Santa Maria Regional Landfill — 2065 East Main Street
- Extra Space Storage — 401 Farnel Road
- MarBorg Industries Recycling/ABOP Center — 1850 West Betteravia Road
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Cuyama Valley (2)
- *New Cuyama Transfer Station — 5073 Highway 166
- *Ventucopa Transfer Station — Highway 33
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Outside Santa Barbara County (15)
- C.J. Seto Support Services, LLC — 2300 Knoll Dr, Unit G
- Clean Harbors, Inc. — 880 W Verdulera St
- e-Bay Rethink Initiative (e-bay and Earth 911) —
- Earth911.com – Information Only — 3481 Plano Parkway
- Eco Lights Northwest Recycling Progam — 2200 6th Avenue South
- Greendisk — 1988 18th Avenue, Suite B
- Hewlett Packard —
- LampRecycling.com — 2200 Ogden Avenue, #100
- Lenovo —
- LG Electronics —
- Panasonic —
- Recycled Goods.com — 3820 North Ventura Avenue
- Sony Trade-In and Recycling Program —
- The Big Green Box — 125 East Commercial Street, Suite A
- Toshiba —
Related Materials
- Facility Tours
- Santa Ynez Valley Collection Event
- Recycling Resource Guide
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- Hazardous Waste Haulers
- Office Equipment Recycling
- Reduce Electronic Waste
- Scientific Equipment Reuse
- Medical Equipment Reuse
- RMDZ Program
- Green Business Program
- Business Hazardous Waste
- Business Electronics Recycling
- Waste Reduction in Action!
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